Sash-holder.



J. J. PRUELL.

SASH HOLDER.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 1a, 1913.

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JOSEPH JOHN PRUELL, OF WALPOLE MASSACHUSETTS.

SASI-I-HOLDER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 19, 1914.

Application filed September 18, 1913. Serial No. 790,486.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, J osnri-r JOHN PRUELL, acitizen of the United States, residing at Walpole, in the county ofNorfolk and State of Massachusetts, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Sash-Holders; and I do declare the following to be afull, clear, and exact description ofthe invention, such as will enableothers skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use thesame.

This invention relates to builders hardware, and more especially to sashholders; and the object of the same is to produce an extremely simpleand yet very durable device of this character capable of application tothe meeting rails of the sashes of any window now in common use.

This object is carried out by the construction set forth in thefollowing specification in detail, and shown in the drawings whereinFigure 1 is an inside elevation of a window showing one of these holdersapplied to the lower sash thereof; Fig. 2 is an enlarged verticalsection through said holder, with the parts canted or tipped so as torelease the sash; Fig. 8 is a plan view; Figs. 41-

and 5 are plan views of the blanks fromwhich the two sheet metal membersof this device are made.

In the drawings the letter F designates a frame and S the sash of awindow, here the lower sash, slidable therein, and on whose upper crossrail this improved holder is mounted. The holder consists of a baseplate which is substantially U-shaped in end elevation and cut from theblank best seen in Fig. 4 and bent on the dotted lines therein. In itsfinished condition it comprises a flat bottom plate 1, two upstandingtriangular ears 2 having alined holes 3, and a trough-like extension 2at the outer edges of said base and ears. The other or rocking member ofthis device is cut from the blank best seen in Fig. 5 and comprises aplate 4t which constitutes the face of the holder, a triangular sideportion 5 having a hole 6, and a second triangular side portion 7 havinga hole 8 opposite the hole 6 and continued beyond it into an arm 9 whoseupper edge is bent inward into a thumb piece 10. Through the holes inthe two members passes a rivet 11, and the same is surrounded by atubular sleeve 12 which keeps the sides of the rocking member separated.A coiled wire spring has one end 13 resting on the bottom 1 of the basemember, its coil 14 passlng around the sleeve, and its other end carriedupward and bent forward at 15 so as to pass through a hole 16 in oneside 7 of the rocking member. Finally the face plate l of said member isgiven a slight bend or bulge as best seen in Fig. 1, and it stands on acurve which is somewhat eccentric to a circle drawn around the pivot.

The parts are preferably of metal, and those members which are shown inthe blanks are stamped from sheet metal. The size and proportion andornamentation are matters of no moment.

In operation the base member is secured by passing two screws downwardthrough holes 1 in its bottom and into the top of the mid rail of thesash which is to carry the holder, care being taken to locate thismember at such a point that the eccentric face of the rocking memberwill rest against the inside of the window frame F but theouter end ofthe extension will clear it. When now it is attempted to raise the sash,the eccentricity of said face plate prevents, because the rocking memberturns on its pivot, which is the rivet, in a manner which will be clear.But a person inside the room may depress the thumb piece and thus tipthe rocking member on its pivot so as to throw its face 4 out ofcont-act with the frame F, and then the sash can be raised at will. Onthe other hand, a person outside.

the window can not raise the sash because he has no access to the thumbpiece and can not depress it. The trough-like extension 2 extends underthe outer end of the rocking member as best seen in Fig. 3, and rendersit impossible for a person on the outside of the house to reach upthrough the crack between the sashes and turn that member with a thininstrument. It is possible that the spring might be omitted and theweight of the rocking member would throw it into active connection orcontact with the inner face of the frame F, but I prefer to employ thespring.

Attention is directed to the fact that by turning the thumb piece inwardso that in the finished article it stands between the side portions 5and 7, the holder can be mounted at either the left side of the sash Sas shown or at the right side as will be understood.

What is claimed as new is: A sash holder of the class describedcomsecurely engaged with one side wall of said additlonal member, theopposite end of said spring member bearlng on the bottom wall of saidfirst mentioned member whereby to normally dispose said additionalmember to its ellective operating position.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of twosubscribing witnesses.

JOSEPH JOHN PRUELL.

itnesses FRANK M. HILL, JosEPH W. DRYDEN.

Gopiesof this'patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, D. G.

